{"id":463967,"date":"2026-05-23T22:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463967\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:11:12","slug":"britains-got-talent-viewers-praise-breathtaking-spellbinding-and-remarkably-unique-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463967\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Got Talent viewers praise &#8216;breathtaking&#8217;, &#8216;spellbinding&#8217; and &#8216;remarkably unique&#8217; performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last semi-final for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026 aired on Saturday night<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Celestial received the Golden Buzzer from the judges on Saturday night\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_BGT.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Celestial received the Golden Buzzer from the judges on Saturday night\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Celestial received the Golden Buzzer from the judges on Saturday night(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/britains-got-talent\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent fans<\/a> have hailed one semi-final performance as &#8216;breath-taking&#8217;, &#8216;spellbinding&#8217; and &#8216;remarkably unique&#8217; as Celestial were sent straight to next week&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During the penultimate week of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/britains-talents-ksi-breaks-down-33959882\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026<\/a>, eight performers took to the stage in London &#8211; Baron &amp; Vesper, Celestial, The Hawkstone Farmers Choir, Jake Banfield, James Miller, Juan Carlos, Mr. Cherry and SOS!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/britains-got-talent\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a> returned for its 19th series in February with auditions being filmed in Blackpool, welcoming to the screen a huge array of performers &#8211; including dancers, singers, magicians, comedians and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judges Simon Cowell, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/britains-talents-ksi-told-show-33959801\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and KS<\/a>I all returned for another season, along with hosts Ant and Dec. KSI, whose real name is Olajide \u2018JJ\u2019 Olatunji, is in the middle of his debut series as a full-time judge on Britain\u2019s Got Talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">During Saturday&#8217;s episode<\/a>, Celestial swept the judges completely off their feet with their semi-final performance, which was awarded this week&#8217;s Golden Buzzer, sending them straight through to the final.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Celestial is made up of director John &#8220;JP&#8221; Partridge, along with Matt, Herbie, Ottilie, Ant, and Arron. The group uses drones and LED lights to tell stories in their performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As well as impressing the four judges, Celestial left viewers at home amazed. After their performance, fans raced to social media to praise the &#8216;spell-binding&#8217; act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@Ruthless1984 wrote on X, formerly <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Twitter<\/a>: &#8220;Just watched @BGT for the first time this year. Saw Celestial, wow. Original and breathtaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent fan @Yellows4Life wrote: &#8220;Well that was a bit special wasn&#8217;t it. Gave me goosebumps. Amazing what you can do these days, the drones, the art, the lights, the story, the performance. Can&#8217;t fault it. Transfixed. Well done Celestial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> viewer @AnthonyShannon2 said: &#8220;Celestial is genuinely spellbinding What a remarkably unique act&#8221;, and @AmyTeamLH wrote: Can we replace the London NYD firework display with a drone show from Celestial?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@hannahforest said: &#8220;Celestial produced one of the best drone shows I&#8217;ve ever seen. That really should have been the performance in the final.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@KB3471 wrote on X: &#8220;Celestial are one of the best talents I\u2019ve ever seen on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BGT?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">#BGT<\/a> &#8211; book them now for New year on the Thames!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 2026 <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s live final <\/a>will air at 7pm on Saturday, May 30, on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last semi-final for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026 aired on Saturday night Celestial received the Golden Buzzer from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[62294,93,61,60,8642,282],"class_list":["post-463967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-britains-got-talent","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-itv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}